"Speaking"
*Noise*
"Thoughts or Monsters speaking/Summoning chants and etc."
0/0 (Bold means what position the monster is summoned into)
LDS (some time after Ronald's Duel)
Standing within one of the state of the art training rooms that was housed within the LDS Building was Reiji, Duel Disk armed and four cards in his hand, the other were in his other hand, which were D/D Savant Galilei and Kepler, which he was about to play.
"Using the Scale 1 D/D Savant Galilei and Scale 10 D/D Savant Kepler, I now set the Pendulum Scale!" He placed the two cards in their respective Pendulum Zones, the rainbow coloured letter formed PENDULUM on his blade.
(1) P-E-N-D-U-L-U-M (10)
The two Savant monsters then appeared in two glowing blue pillars of light, then stopped at the certain height, with a 1 and 10 appearing beneath them. "With this, I can now simultaneously summon monsters from Levels 2 to 9 all at once!" Reiji yelled out, watching carefully for anything out of the ordinary. "Grand power which shakes my very soul! Arise within me and give birth to a new light that renders the darkness!"
The two monster's mechanical body began to shift, gaining energy. "Pendulum Summon! Come before me, my monsters!" he yelled, causing a rift to open between the pillars, a purple light pouring out of it.
"The three transcendental deities who rule over all kings! D/D/D Doom King Armageddon!" one by one, three identical monster, formed out of huge dark crystal appeared and descended out of the rift, floating side by side, their power pouring out.
D/D/D Doom King Armageddon: DARK, Level: 8 [Fiend/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/3000 DEF/1000, PS: 4 x3
As Reiji stared at the Summoned monster, the research team above were watching the equipment for the test. "Pendulum Summon confirmed!" one of the researcher exclaimed, "Summoning energy levels are stable!" another shouted out.
"Good!" the head researcher said, Nakajima standing to his side, watching his boss from above. "If it can stabilize at this stage..." they continued.
Below back with Reiji, a hologram appeared before him, his opponent for this test, Odd-Eye Pendulum Dragon appearing behind the Yuya hologram. "Yuya Sakaki..." Reiji whispered, about to play the last card in his hand, which was the very same during the last turn of his Duel with- "President!" he immediately stopped at the head researchers voice, glancing up at him.
"We've cleared today's benchmarks! Our experiment this time was a success!" they declared, at this he sighed, somewhat relieved that it was a success, but also in disappointment...
"Congratulations, sir." Nakajima said to the president, the two now back in Reiji's office. "We are now one step closer to creating our own Pendulum Cards." he continued, Reiji didn't react, "But they are still incomplete." Reiji remarked, pressing a remote and changing the screen behind Nakajima to show stats on their Pendulum Cards, and then the one Yuya uses.
"Compared to the original Pendulum Cards Yuya Sakaki possesses, there is a far gap between their activation energy output. DMC's own version is just slightly more ahead of us." he explained.
"As they are now, they're far from being usable in the tournament." he added, then adjusted his glasses, "Yes sir, my apologies!" Nakajima quickly said, not realising his mistake in not knowing this.
"I will make sure the research department resolves this quickly! We'll do whatever it takes to make them usable before the tournament! We don't want to rely on DMC for theirs." he said.
"That's the deadline..." Reiji swirled his chair around, stood up and snapped his fingers, opening the blinds instantly, gazing out at the view of the city, "We cannot underestimate our competitors in the Miami City ARC Championships... No matter where our opponent may come from." he said, then looked back at his assistant.
"Any word from Apollo?" he asked, hoping for some good news. "No sir, I believe that Apollo is ignoring your request, shall I have someone go collect him?" Nakajima explained and asked.
"No... Let him be for now, that request was to see if he still had any interest working for us, which I believe he no longer has..." Reiji said.
"Very well, sir, would you like to know about Yuya's progress?" he then asked, "Go on..." Reiji requested, "It would appeared that Yuya Sakaki has won his second match..." Reiji smiled at hearing this. ""And it would appeared that something occurred during his Pendulum Summon" this caught his attention, "Which was what exactly?" Reiji asked.
"Yuya Pendulum Summoned a Gemini Monster, and then Gemini Summoned it, the Summoning energy from that was somewhat higher than his usual Pendulum Energy readings..." he explained.
"So Yuya can now Gemini Summon, interesting..." Reiji thought, " But its not what I believe to be possible..." he then thought to the test, he was so close to finding out if what he thought was possible...
You Show Duel School, The next day... (13:01 PM)
"Hmm..." Yuya hummed to himself, sitting on the floor of the arena, deep in thought. "What's Big Bro Yuya doing? He's been like that for a while." Ayu asked, staring at Yuya from the viewing section. Futoshi and Tatsuya were with her as usual.
"Yeah, he seemed so happy to have won yesterday, talking about that he only needed two more wins to qualify for the tournament..." Tatsuya said, "Maybe his brain shivered out from all those quizzes?" Futoshi guessed.
"I think he's trying to figure out away to evolve the Pendulum Summon." the three kids looked back to see Matthew approaching them, "Hey Big Bro Matthew!" Ayu said with a wave, which he nodded back to.
"What do you mean 'evolve the Pendulum Summon'?" Tatsuya asked, "Simple, do you remember yesterday, when Yuya Gemini Summoned that new monster of his?" he asked, "Yeah, it was called Noble Gatekeeper, right?" Ayu said, "Correct, and since he did that, he must realise there could be more to the Pendulum Summon as it is." Matthew said. " And I know what exactly that is..." he thought looking at Yuya, "I just Yuya can figure it out before Reiji can... " he added
What Yuya was actually thinking...
Flashback, yesterday, 9:30 PM
"Allow me to congratulate you again on your second victory, Yuya my boy!" Nico Smiley said over a video call, "Thanks." Yuya said but frowned, "But... You don't seem very happy even when you're saying congratulations..." he added.
"Oh, I'm happy!" Nico said, waving his hands about, "You learned proper hospitality from the Cooking Duel. And then you learned that Duels are a communication tool from the Quiz Duel..." he added "And managed to rack up successful wins!" he exclaimed.
"I think its safe to say that my project of getting you my boy into the Junior Youth Division for the tournament is coming along nicely." he said.
"So then why aren't you more excited about it then, you don't seem to have that usual flare from before..." Yuya noted, leaning on his arms, " Who said that was my job?" Nico remarked, "Huh? Are you saying that's my job?" Yuya said, " Correct! Entertaining people comes first for the Pros!" Nico said back.
"If you're aiming to become a Pro Duelist, then you have to surprise and steal the hearts of your audience! All the while earning a raucous applause!" he threw his arms out. "As you are right now, you're only within my expectations." he finished, "Only within your expectations..." Yuya repeated, "Yes, being able to surpass your audience's imagination is the mark of a Pro!" Nico said...
"I hope that in the next duel you'll allow me to experience the same..." Nico's last words repeated themselves in his head. His expression however seemed to worsen, as he tried to think of sometime to no one would expect...
...
"Ahhhhhhh!" he yelled out, falling backwards and started to stare up at the cage and into the cloudy sky above. "Being able to surpass their imagination is the mark of a Pro, huh?" he muttered, "That is true..." he added, "When dad first took to the skies during his Action Duels, they often said the crowd had their hearts stolen too..." he mumbled on, but then something his mind hit him...
"Of course I am aware of your father..." Reiji said, "As the pioneer who lead the way to creating our Action Duel. I respect him from the bottom of my heart..." he finished...
"Reiji Akaba..." Yuya muttered, "He surprised me too..." he remembered, the only duelist who could Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Summon during the same Duel. "Using Fusion, Synchro and Xyz one after another..." He then remembered how he too could Pendulum Summon like him. "No that's not it... That was a surprise, but it wouldn't surpass the audience's imagination..." he said...
"Amazing! I never realised that Pendulum Summoning was this complexed, and how much it offers to Dueling!" Reiji said, "What do you mean? Wait... are you talking about Pendulum supporting the others?!" Yuya said...
Yuya took off his pendant and held it above him, letting it swing about, "Is it even possible for the Pendulum Summon to support the other summoning methods?" he questioned, "It seemed to have worked with Noble Gatekeeper yesterday..." he then thought back onto that moment...
"Huh?" Yuya looked at the card he just drew, which was Noble Gatekeeper, his pendant glowed, causing a reaction in the card, and transforming it into a Gemini Pendulum Monster...
"You seemed to have a hand in recreating my cards... But why?" he watching the pendant swing side to side, "Why do you have these powers, and why did they come out when I was in a bide? Is that it, you only respond to my hour of need?" the Pedant didn't respond, not that he expected it. "More importantly, where did you even come from? I've had you from the day I was left on the door of the orphanage I used to life at. Are you a family heirloom from my birth family?" He then frowned at this thought.
"Why... Why did they give me up?" he thought sadly, "Even though my live turned out great, I wish I knew my actual parents..." he muttered. "Hey Yuya!" "Huh?" Yuya sat up and turned to see Matthew walking in. "Matthew, good morning!" Yuya said.
"I think you mean afternoon, it's 1:10." Matthew said back, shocking Yuya with this news, "How long have you been in here for?" he asked, this made Yuya look sheepish, "Since 8:30..." he muttered, a bit embarrassed.
"Something troubling you?" Matthew asked, "Yeah, its about the Pendulum Summon-" "You talking about it supporting other summoning methods?" Matthew interrupted him.
"Yeah..." Yuya rubbed his neck, "What do you think? Is that even possible?" he asked, making Matthew think for a moment, "No idea..." Yuya deflated at this answer, with how smart Matthew was, he thought he would know. "All I can say is that its up to you to find the answer you seek Yuya." he said, confusing the younger man. "That's not helpful!" Yuya exclaimed annoyed.
"Hmm, maybe the principal will know something." Matthew added, "I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask him..." Yuya said, the then walked out of the arena, and went to go find Shuzo...
"384! 385! 386!" Shuzo yelled out, drawing cards from a massive deck, which seemed to continuously refill itself, "387!" at this. Yuya and Matthew ran into the room, "I don't understand!" Yuya shouted, "388!" Shuzo continued. "I don't understand what I should do, principal!" he shouted out, "389! 390! 391"
"What do I do so that I can see it!" Yuya asked again, not getting a response. "I don't think he's listening Yuya." Matthew said, "392!" at this Yuya got frustrated. "How do I go further!" Yuya yelled out. "393!"
Yuya was about to give and up, but- "The road is long!" Shuzo finally said, "But don't give up!" he continued to draw cards. "You have to take it one step at a time! Press forward step after step!" the two seemed to listen. "You have to go onwards!" he yelled out.
"But if I don't know what path to follow, I can't go forward!" Yuya said back, "What should I do to see what path I should take?!" he asked, "I can't see it either! Not at all!" Shuzo yelled shocking the two, "Not what I was expecting..." Matthew muttered to himself. "Even though we've come this far together..." Shuzo started.
"RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T SEE MY DAUGHTER'S HEART AT ALL!" he screamed out, tears in his eyes, "I think we're having two different conversations..." Matthew deadpanned to Yuya.
"Well, Yuzu hasn't been coming to You Show for a few days..." Yuya noted, "Oh yeah, that's because she's-" Yuya began but Matthew cut him off with a hand over his mouth, "Shh! That's a secret from her father." Matthew whispered to him, making him nod at this.
"Hmm, I wonder what she's doing right now..." Yuya said out loud as Shuzo cried out to the sky...
Maiami City Theatre...
"With this, my turn is complete!" a man, dress up as an Kabuki actor said, clearly having a Duel, his opponent, Sora Shiunin. Watching from the crowd was Yuzu, Azara, Oliver, Nigel and Andy.
"It is youuuuuur turn, face meeeee!" the man yelled dramatically. "Cool, so cool! That was really interesting!" Sora said excitedly, "You may just give Yuya's entertainment Dueling a run for its money!" he added.
"Hey! Stop messing around and draw already!" Yuzu shouted to him from the crowd. "You're going end it this turn!" she added, "Fine, fine..." he said, he then drew his card, which was Edge Imp Scissors, "Alright, Edge Imp Scissors!" he said, Yuzu perked at this.
"So far, I've shown you all my cards in my Deck, so you know what's in my Hand, right?" he asked, "What should I do next?" he asked, "It's obvious! You use that Polymerization that is already in your Hand, and fuse together Edge Imp Scissors and Fluffal Bear and Fusion Summon Frightfur Bear!" she answered, the other four around her smiled, glad to know she was learning well.
"Correct!" Sora shouted, and then a few moments later, Frightfur Bear appeared, and proceeded to punch the actor's light and LP out. "Such a splendid... view..." the actor groaned out, sliding down the wall he was knocked into...
With the Duel over, the curtains began to close as the crowd clapped and applauded Sora's victory. "You did good Sora!" Azara cheered out, then turned to Yuzu, who was smiling to herself, "So did you Yuzu, I think it's safe to say you've got Fusion Summoning down!" she added.
"Well of course she has, she's learning from the best there is!" Sora gloated, making Oliver, Nigel and Andy roll their eyes at him for this.
"It became a lot easier when I just focused, I won't think of unnecessary things anymore, I need to master all that I can for the Junior Youth Division! And beat Masumi Koutsu!" Yuzu said, picturing the Gem-Knight user.
"Well since your Fusion Summoning training is practically over with, do you want to start on Synchro Summoning?" Azara asked, looking to Nigel, who awaited Yuzu's answer, who looked at Nigel with confidence. "I'm ready!" she said to him, who nodded back...
LDS
"Hey Masumi, you going out on another search today?" Yaiba asked, as he and Hokuto stood in front of Masumi, "Of course, I have to find that black-masked man and ask him about Professor Marco." she answered.
"But is that guy really the culprit?" Yaiba asked, "He's got a point, you haven't actually seen him Xyz Summon, right?" Hokuto added in, "And that's why I need to find and duel him! If he Xyz Summons that Dragon that he used against Sawatari, then I'll know its him!" she said, she then took off without another word.
"Man she sure is stubborn..." Yaiba said, "Don't let her catch you saying that, or she'll send you flying." Hokuto muttered.
"But she is right, though. If we don't find the culprit fast, the situation will just get worse." Yaiba said, "Yeah, in fact, rumor has it, that even the Elite members of LDS are being taken out, never to be seen again..." Hokuto said.
"Then if that's true, they might eventually show up in front of-" Yaiba began but noticed a huge shadow form over him, he looked up and became shocked to see the hulking giant that was- "The man Gongenzaka would like a word with you..." Gongenzka growled out. "Y-you wanna go?! You wanna face me again?!" Yaiba stuttered out, taking a stance with his wooden sword.
At this, Gongenzka got down onto his knees, somehow shaking the ground, and then bowed before Yaiba, "I, the man, have a request to a fellow man!" he said, confusing the two before him. "Wahuuuuuuuuh?!" Yaiba yelled out...
With Masumi, she had entered the crime scene of the last Elite Duelist were last seen, she hop over the 'keep out' tape, above her, where the large scratch marks were, which she didn't see at first, a chuck fell out from above, as a passing card drove by.
The chunk of stone hit the floor, alerting her to this, where she spotted the marks and gasped. "That's... This is where the members of the top team were when they-" she thought, "Hey, what are you doing over there!" a voice shouted to her, she looked back, and then ran away from the source of the voice.
All while her head was filled with new thoughts, "It can't be... Professor Marco was attacked by that kind of monster?" she thought...
Warehouse District...
"If I were you, I would've ended that Duel a turn earlier!" Yuzu said, as she, and the lot from before walked over the bridge to the Warehouse District. "Your opponent's monster only had 1500 ATK, Instead of summoning Fluffal Bear, you could've summoned Fluffal Leo who has 1600, and with its effect giving it an additional 500 ATK, you would've won!" she said.
"I knew that, but that was also training for your Fusion Summoning, remember?" Sora said, a sucker in his mouth, "That and he can't control what he draws is a factor as well Yuzu." Andy said.
"Even without that, Yuzu basically has Fusion Summoning down, with all the practice she had with us." Oliver said, "Right, and all that's left is to polish of my skills!" she said. "And she can start during her training with Nigel with his Synchro Training!" Sora said, frowning at the thought of his student learning a lesser summoning method.
Nigel was ahead, listening in on the conversation, already beginning his plan for his student, until he spotted something ahead. "Is that..." he thought narrowing his eyes.
"What do you say Nigel? You read-" Yuzu began but stopped when she also spotted what Nigel saw, which was- "Masumi? What are you doing here!?" she asked, but she didn't respond she just glared at the group.
"Do any of you even know what's going on within Miami City right now?" she asked them, "Are you referring to the attacks?" Nigel asked, "Correct, there's a mysterious Duelist going about assaulting people." she answered. Making Yuzu remember what Sawatari said to her before. "All the victims are connected to LDS." Masumi carried on.
"But none of them can say what actually happened..." she trailed off, "Because they've disappeared, isn't it?" Oliver asked serious, "Yes, and one of those victims was my Fusion Summoning Teacher, Professor Marco..." she said tearing up a bit.
"I want to avenge him, and the other members of LDS!" she declared, "So please... Tell me where I can find 'him'?" she asked, specifically Yuzu. "Him?" Yuzu repeated, confused, "You know, don't you?" Masumi asked, "Who is she talking about?" Andy whispered to Azara, suddenly Azara knew what she was on about.
"Your talking about the masked guy from before, right?" Azara asked, "Yes him! I know you lot know where he is!" Masumi clenched her, fist, "If I had caught him back then, none of these other incidents would have happened!" she glared up at the group. "It's all your fault, you let him get away!" at this, the group frowned.
"Are you serious!? We had him surrounded back then! You came in and distracted us, and he just disappeared!" Oliver retorted angrily, something the lot were not used to seeing from the youngest triplet. "Plus, we honestly don't know anything..." Yuzu said.
"Don't lie to me!" Masumi yelled at her, "Professor Marco has disappeared..." she clenched her eyes, to avoid crying. "That kind and strong professor that taught me all that I know about Fusion Summoning..." she added.
"I see, she has a small crush on her teacher..." Nigel thought, "He could be hurt wherever he is right now..." Masumi carried on, Nigel having missed some of her speech, "Just hurry up and tell me where he is!" she yelled out.
"I already told you, I don't know!" Yuzu yelled out, "Then why were you two with him during the first incident with Sawatari!?" Masumi asked frustrated.
"We weren't with him, we went to confront Sawatari, who was planning something against Yuya, and then he just appeared." Azara said to her, "Fine! If your going to feign ignorance, then..." her hands went to her Duel Disk. "Then as a Duelist, I'll force an answer out of you!" she declared, the group, minus Sora and Yuzu quickly armed their Duel Disks.
"Bring it on!" Andy said, "Seriously? Do you really think you can take on all four of us?" Oliver asked, "Guys guys..." the four looked to Sora. "Its only LDS Fusion Summoning, let Yuzu take her on, she can do it in a jiff!" Sora said, "Do you think so?" Yuzu asked, "Yeah, and besides, you've been saying for a while now that you've got enough practice, and that all you need to do is polish of your skills in a real match." he added.
At this, the four lowered their Duel Disk at this, while Yuzu, a little unsure reached for her own. "Who's going to be taken out in a jiffy!? Did you already forget how bad she lost to me?" Masumi argued to them.
"Yeah, but that was then and this is now." Sora remarked, "Plus she's been mentoring under us, and has mastered Fusion Summoning!" Oliver said smirking, "And she knows that your LDS Fusion Summoning isn't a threat anymore." Andy added on. At this Masumi's glare hardened.
"Those words are an insult to Professor Marco, who taught me Fusion Summoning!" Masumi yelled out. She then glared at Sora, "I'll never forgive you! So first I'll beat some sense into you!" she said to him. "Huh? You want to Duel me?" he asked confused.
"I don't think you should do that, you'll just hurt your own ego." he said, "Shut up! LDS is the strongest!" she snapped back.
"So you're LDS!?" a voice from behind said, alerting the lot, Sora seemed to be more alert.
"Huh?" Oliver said, about to turn around, until he was ran into, knocking him over, "Oliver!" Azara shouted to him, just then, the being that ran into him also ran into Yuzu, knocking her over, and knocking her Deck across the floor. "Yuzu!" Azara cried to her as well, Andy went to help Oliver up, while she ran to Yuzu.
The being, who wore a purple trench coat, red scarf around his lower face and wore sunglasses, stood before Masumi. He then armed his strange looking Duel Disk. "If you're LDS, then I'll be your opponent!" the person declared.
The lot were shocked at seeing this complete stranger, Sora looked annoyed though at the sight on his Duel Disk, the Duelist took a step forward, making Masumi flinch and step back.
"Wait a minute!" Oliver said, getting up with Andy's help, "I've seen that Duel Disk before!" he said, "The masked Duelist from before wore the exact same model!" this made the lot look and see that he was right.
"Then that means, your.. the culprit of the repeated assault incidents?" Masumi said, the Duelist didn't respond to her question, "Now face me!" he said. just then, another person, this time from above appeared, "That's enough Shun!" they said landing before the Duelist, who was named Shun and grabbed their Duel Disk.
"Stop being so reckless!" he said to Shun. "It's him!" Azara said, shocked.
"Yuto? What are you doing!?" Shun asked him frustrated, "I told you before, this isn't our battlefield!" he said, "They aren't our enemy!" he added, at this Shun shook him off, "But this is MY battlefield!" Shun retorted, peeling his scarf down. "I have to do this to get Ruri back! If you're going to get in my way, I'll defeat you too!" he said.
Meanwhile Masumi was calling Yaiba and Hokuto, "I've found the culprit behind the assaults. Send backup, Yaiba, Hokuto!" she said into her Duel Disk.
"Wait! We don't know if he's the culprit yet!" Yuzu said, making Shun turn to her, the sight of her shocked him.
"Ruri!" he said to her, making her step back, "Ruri? Where have I heard that before?" Azara thought, trying to remember, "Is that really you, Ruri?" Shun asked taking his sunglasses off. "How did you get away from them Ruri? Why are you here in this-" he went to say, walking up to her, but out of nowhere Yuto gut punched him, forcing the air out of his lungs.
"Ruri..." he breathed out, "That's not her Shun..." Yuto whispered as Shun collapsed, in which he caught him and slung him over his shoulders. "Contact LDS and send as many people as possible!" Masumi said to Hokuto over the phone system. "On it, Yaiba is calling them right now!" Hokuto said back to her...
Meanwhile with Yuya, who was waiting outside a store while Matthew was inside, getting somethings, he was in thought. "Even Yuzu is learning to Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Summon from the gang, and here I am, doing nothing because I can't find my old cards..." he thought as Matthew approached him, slushy in hand.
"Figured anything out yet?" he asked taking a sip. "No! And I don't think that I-" Yuya yelled out, leaning backwards...
Unfortunately this was a bad idea as- *POW* His head collided with someone who was running by them, "Yuya, are you alright?" Matthew shouted to him. "Owww..." Yuya groaned out, getting up slowly.
"Don't jump like that!" the person who hit him shouted, this happened to be Hokuto, with Yaiba behind him. The two downed Duelist looked at one another, "Hey!" Yuya said pointing at Hokuto, "You're-! Hokuto pointed back at him. "Yuya Sakaki!" Yaiba finished, also pointing at Yuya.
"So you're not going to apologies, when it was you who ran into me!?" Yuya shouted at Hokuto. "Hey! Not my fault your not aware of your surroundings!" Hokuto argued back.
"Hey, that's enough Hokuto! Let's go!" Yaiba broke the argument up. "Whoa you two, what's the rush?" Matthew asked them, "We found the culprit behind the assault incidents!" Yaiba answered, shocking the two. "Really?! Where to?" Yuya asked, "At the Southern Warehouse District!" Yaiba answered.
"That's not far from here, let's go!" Matthew said, running off, "Right!" Yuya also took off after him. "Why does he care?" Yaiba asked, "Who cares, let's just go!" Hokuto said, and they too ran off after them...
Back with the other lot, Yuto noticed a certain card within the scattered ones that made up Yuzu's deck, which he then picked up, he looked back at the owner of said card and showed it, which was Polymerization. "This card doesn't suit you." he said, "Huh?" she said confused, as were the others of her group.
Well, that's a shame..." Sora said leaning against a crate, "I don't like hearing that about the gifts I give people..." he added, "Didn't I give her that card." Oliver muttered, no one heard him. "I wouldn't mind showing you just how amazing that card is, though." he said. He and Yuto then stared at one another, waiting for the other to make a move.
"Cut it out Sora!" Yuzu got in between them, "And that means you too Masumi!" she looked to Masumi, "Masumi!" a voice to Masumi's left shouted to her, making her look to see Hokuto, Yaiba, Yuya and Matthew running up to them.
At this moment however, Yuzu's bracelet began to shine, shocking her and Yuto, who began to vanish in a flash, when the shine was over, he and Shun were gone.
"So that's how he disappeared before, Yuzu's bracelet teleported him away..." Oliver said stunned, "And then Yuya shows up..." Azara frowns as the new group made their way up.
"Masumi!" "Where's the culprit?" Hokuto and Yaiba said in that order. "He's... gone..." she muttered, confusing them.
Yuya and Matthew ran over to their lot, with Matthew approaching Azara, "Don't tell me..." he began, she nodded sadly, "Yep, he's gone..." she said, "But, he wasn't alone." Andy said, "Yeah there was this other guy with him, went by the name of Shun apparently..." Oliver said, "And that Yuya's look alike is called Yuto.
Matthew began to process this news, "So not only does Yuya's look alike have a similar Dragon, but also a similar name? What the hell is going on?" he muttered.
"Yuzu, are you okay?" Yuya asked her, who was staring at her bracelet, "He disappeared again..." she said to herself, "'he'?" he said, "Wait, you don't mean the masked guy that attacked Sawatari, do you?" he asked. "And those guys kept saying I'm Ruri but also not Ruri..." she said, not even listening to him.
"What... What are you talking about?" he asked worried, "I don't even know what's going on anymore!" she said, covering her face, "Or why my bracelet shines and they disappear when you come near!" she added. "Yuzu..." he said, worried, he then glanced down at the floor, "Huh?" he saw the scattered card, and knelt down to pick them up.
Everyone just watched, unsure what was even happening anymore, too many questions, no answers for them. "Here." Yuya held Yuzu's Duel Disk and Deck for her, which she took.
The sound of van pulling up could be heard, "LDS is here!" Hokuto said, Masumi running off to met them, "The culprit was right here!" she yelled to them.
"I think things are a bit chaotic at the moment..." Matthew said to the group, "He's right, we should get out of here." Azara said, Sora began pushing Yuzu, "You should hurry too, Yuya!" he said, as the group walked after them. "Y-yeah!" he said, and walked after them.
"Hey Yuya!" Yaiba said as they passed them, "I heard that you need only two more wins to enter the Junior Youth Division." he said, "Yeah, that's right, but how do you know that?" Yuya asked.
"It's a thing going about LDS at the moment, anyway, good luck, although it may be impossible for you." he said, then ran off.
"Hey! What do you mean by that!? Why you-" Yuya ranted, but paused when he noticed his group had already gone, "Guys? Guys! Where did you-" he looked around, but then turned back to spot something on the floor, a card.
"Polymerization? Is this Yuzu's? I must have forgotten to pick it up for her." he said picking the card up, "Well, she's long gone for today, I guess I'll give it back to her, when I see her again." he pocketed the card, and ran off for home...
Xyz Hideout...
Walking into the abandoned building was Ronald, still in a mood from his Duel yesterday. "Hmm Yuto and Shun aren't around." he looked around for any signs of his comrades.
"They must be out at the-" suddenly a bright pink light appeared before, him blinding him. "Gah! What is this- wait, I've seen this light before!" he unshielded his eyes and looked at the light, just in time to see Yuto, carrying Shun on his shoulder appear, the first seemed confused at how he got here.
"Yuto!? When did- How did- What's going on!?" Ronald asked him, very confused, "Ronald! How long have you been here?" Yuto said, putting Shun down against a crate box. "Just got here, Nevermind that, how did you do that?" he asked.
Yuto told him where he and Shun were before, and what the last thing Yuto saw before they came here. "Oh so that's how you escaped last time..." Ronald mumbled, now understanding how they got here.
"We ran into that Fusion Duelist that goes to the same school with you." Yuto said, Ronald narrowed his eyes at this, "Shame you couldn't get rid of the creep!" he muttered, "This isn't our battlefield Ronald, we shouldn't even be here." Yuto said calmly. "True, I'm only here to see if the professor has influenced this dimension, you two only came for find his son to get back Ruri..." Ronald said.
At the moment of her name, Shun's eyes opened wide, "Ruri!" he shouted standing up swiftly, he then rushed for the door, but Yuto quickly blocked him, "Out of the way Yuto, I need to find Ruri!" Shun growled out.
"That wasn't her Shun, that girl is called Yuzu." Yuto said, "Wait Shun thinks Yuzu is Ruri?" Ronald asked, this made Shun look back at him, "You knew Ruri was in this dimension!? Why didn't you tell me!?" he yelled at him.
"Hey, don't even think about it!" Ronald growled back, "One: I didn't even know you had a sister before coming here, so how could I've known who she was at the time. And Two: That wasn't Ruri, that was Yuzu that you saw, Yuzu Hiragi, she goes to the same Duel School I'm going to." he said.
"He's right, and there's another thing that makes me now know that that's not Ruri." Yuto said, "That girl is learning to Fusion Summon!" he said, shocking Shun at this, "No... No she wouldn't do that, my sister would never use Fusion!" Shun said defiantly. "Exactly, so that's not Ruri." Yuto countered.
At this Shun looked down, defeated, that small hope at reuniting with his little sister had slipped away. "I'm sorry..." Ronald said.
Suddenly the door that Ronald had shut was slammed wide open, alerting the three.
"Ah ha! Found you morons!" A female voice shouted, their shadow blocking her form, when she walked in she was revealed to be- "Kelly Kage!? What are you doing here!" Ronald asked shocked, and somewhat annoyed at the girl being here.
"It wasn't hard to find you, dolts! All I did was find Ronald over there and followed him back here, where he lead me right to you all!" she said smirking at them, "I thought I felt someone following me, but I was in a bad mood, I must have not noticed you." Ronald cursed to himself.
"Anyways, now that I've found you lot..." she armed her Duel Disk, "I'm taking you lot back with me to Xyz!" she declared, "Not interested..." Shun said, and turned away and walked off.
"Of course you wouldn't want to go back, coward!" she spat at him, Shun halted at this, "What did you call me?" he asked quietly, "You heard me, coward!" she said again.
"We're not cowards Kelly..." Yuto said. "Ronald was sent here on an actual mission to find any signs of Fusion in this Dimension." Ronald nodded at this, "Yeah, Commander Ryo-" he began, "And me and Shun are here to get back his sister." Yuto cut him off.
"Oh Ruri, I remember her, lovely girl, shame she's gone now..." Kelly said, "But that doesn't matter to the Resistances now, ever since you lot disappeared, things have been harder for us back in Heartland, we're being over run sometimes, barely escaping, and Janus isn't helping either." she added.
"Janus! That scumbag is still alive!" Shun growled out, "Yeah, he's the one who told me you guys ran off to here..." she explained, "He's probably in this Dimension also, hiding in the dark corners of this stupid city..." she said.
"Well that's another thing we need to look out for in this Dimension..." Ronald commented, the other two boys nodded at this.
"Wrong, did you forget that you're coming back with me?" Kelly argued, "We ain't going back with you, not until we get Ruri back." Shun said. Kelly frowned at this for a moment.
"Then I guess we'll be doing this the hard way..." Kelly said, and then proceeded to click her fingers together, "I've always wanted to beat the crap out of you in a Duel Shun." she armed her Duel Disk, and walked forward to Shun, who was about to do the same thing, but Yuto stepped between them.
"We shouldn't be fighting each other, and you know that Kelly!" Yuto said to her, "Maybe, but I came here to bring you guys back one way or another!" she said, "This seems to be the only thing boys like you will ever understand." she added, Ronald frowning at her insults.
"Then I'll take you on instead!" Yuto then armed his Duel Disk, "If I win, you don't drag us back to Xyz until we've done what we need to do here. If you win, I'll go back with you, but only me." he said, making her think about the demands.
"Hmm..." she hummed, thinking out the pros and cons of this, she had a fair chance at beating him, "Do we have a deal?" Yuto held out a hand for her.
For a moment, she just looked at the hand, "Fine..." she then shook it with her own. "And I'm keeping you to that deal, got it!" she said, got her Deck ready, she walked further into the building, Yuto about to follow her.
"Yuto, are you sure about this?" Ronald asked, "Yes, its the only way that it will get her to leave us alone." he said, "But, there's a chance you could lose this." Ronald added, "No he won't." Shun said taking a seat atop of a crate. "When push comes to shove, Yuto always pulls through." he said as they saw Yuto and Kelly stand before one another.
The two stood in a wide area, boxes tucked into the sides, and rusty equipment hanging about in the air by rusty chains and cables, that looked like they could give way any time.
"Get ready to lose Yuto!" Kelly smirked at him, levelling her Duel Disk, Yuto doing the same thing, "Funny, I should be saying that to you!" he retorted, making her frown at that remark.
"DUEL!" the two yelled, drawing 5 cards each.
Yuto's LP: 4000
Kelly's LP: 4000
Turn 1
"I'm going first!" Yuto yelled out, "I Normal Summon The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak!" An old ragged black cloak appeared on the Field, appearing inside it was a blue fiery spirit, two metal maces with purple orbs in them appeared from the open sides of the cloak, and a piece of metal appeared atop, floating a few meters above it.
The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak: DARK, Level: 3 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/800 DEF/1000
"Since I control a Phantom Knights monster, I can Special Summon this card from my Hand! The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots!" a set of ragged clothing, with no one wearing them. Appeared, its hood held a will-o-wisp. It torso was missing completely, making the top half float, and there were arms.
The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots: DARK, Level: 3 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/200 DEF/1200
"Now I activate Ancient Cloak's effect! When its in Attack Position, I can target one DARK monster on the field, switch Ancient Cloak into Defense, and the target gains 800 ATK until the end of the next turn! I target Silent Boots!" Ancient Cloak gained a blue aura, while Silent Boots gained power. Silent Boots's ATK: 200 + 800 = 1000 "Wow, that was stupid of you, raise the ATK your monster on the first turn, when it can't even attack..." Kelly mocked.
"I place two cards face-down and end my turn!" two face-down cards appeared behind Ancient Cloak and Silent Boots.
Yuto's Hand x 1
Turn 2
"Well, this shouldn't take too long! My turn! I draw!" Kelly drew her card, "I activate the Spell, Dragon Shrine!" the card appeared on the Field, "This card allows me to send a Dragon-Type monster from my Deck to the Graveyard..." she sent Labradorite Dragon from her Deck to the Graveyard. "Then if that monster was a Normal Monster, I can send a second Dragon-Type from my Deck to the Graveyard." she sent a second Dragon-Type.
"Now since only you control monsters, I can Special Summon this card from my Hand! Appear, Hieratic Dragon of Tefnuit!" A dragon made of light, contained within golden armour with a crest on the chest plate appeared, its head was that of a an Egyptian cat with a headpiece.
Hieratic Dragon of Tefnuit: LIGHT, Level: 6 [Dragon/Effect] ATK/2100 DEF/1400
"Tefnuit cannot attack if summoned this way, but that doesn't matter as now I tribute her to allow me to Special Summon Hieratic Dragon of Su!" Tefnuit glowed brightly, and taking her place was blue dragon, wearing similar armour to Tefnuit.
Hieratic Dragon of Su: LIGHT, Level: 6 [Dragon/Effect] ATK/2200 DEF/1000
"Then Tefnuit's effect activates! When tributed, I can Special Summon a Dragon-Type Normal Monster from my Hand, Deck or Graveyard, but its ATK and DEF become 0! I Summon Labradorite Dragon from my Graveyard!" A grey scaled dragon, covered with many smooth multi-coloured plates appeared in Defense.
Labradorite Dragon: DARK, Level: 6 [Dragon/Normal] ATK/0 DEF/2400 = 0
"And now I use the Level 6 Hieratic Dragon of Su and Labradorite Dragon to build the Overlay Network!" the two dragons turned into yellow and purple energy respectively, shot into the air, and down into the galaxy that formed before her feet, causing a ray of light to erupt out.
"King of hierarchy, descend from the heavens and punish the foolish!" the monster took form, "Xyz Summon! Rank 6! Hieratic Dragon King of Atum!" flying out of the galaxy was a dragon made of dark blue light, garbed in the same armour as the two before it appeared with a roar, two yellow Overlay Units orbited the dragon.
Hieratic Dragon King of Atum: LIGHT, Rank: 6 [Dragon/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2400 DEF/2100, OLUs: 2
"Then I activate the Spell, Hieratic Seal of Supremacy! I Special Summon a Hieratic monster from my Hand! Appear, Hieratic Dragon of Asar!" This time a green dragon of light said, with a long body with two small legs near the end appeared, wearing the same armour as the others.
Hieratic Dragon of Asar: LIGHT, Level: 7 [Dragon/Effect] ATK/2600 DEF/700
"Now I activate Atum's effect!" one of Atum's Overlay flew into its mouth, which the monster then crunched on it. King of Atum's OLU's: 2 - 1 = 1 "By using an Overlay Unit, Atum can Special Summon a Dragon-Type monster from my Deck! I Summon Arkbrave Dragon!" the four winged dragon appeared.
Arkbrave Dragon: LIGHT, Level: 7 [Dragon/Effect] ATK/2400 DEF/2000
"Atum cannot attack the turn this effect is used, " Kelly then smirked, "But that effect doesn't apply to my other monsters! Battle! Asar will attack Silent Boots!" Asar roared and charged at Silent Boots, "I activate the Continious Trap, Phantom Knight's Fog Blade!" the card behind Silent Boots flipped up.
"When you attack with a monster, I can negate the attack!" Asar came to a sudden halt, "Not only that, but that monster's effect are negated and It can no longer attack!" he explained, Kelly frowned for a moment, but then smiled. "So what? I still have another monster that can attack! Arkbrave Dragon will attack Silent Boots!" Arkbrave fire a ball of light at Silent Boots, destroying the monster, since it was in Defense, no damage was dealt.
"With the battle phase now over, I now use the Level 7 Asar and Arkbrave Dragon to build the Overlay Network!" the two mentioned monsters turning into yellow energy, shot into the air, then down into galaxy that appeared before her feet, releasing a light.
"Xyz Summon! Rank 7! Hieratic Dragon King of Anu!" appearing by Atum's side was a new dragon, this one glowing a bright orange, wearing the same armour as Atum, but it had an extra set of wings, carried in one hand was a curved sickle. Its head was that of a jackal. Two yellow Overlay Units orbited the monster.
Hieratic Dragon King of Anu: LIGHT, Rank: 7 [Dragon/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2700 DEF/2100, OLUs: 2
"Since Fog Blade's target left the Field, it is destroyed..." Yuto said as Fog Blade was destroyed.
"I activate Anu's effect! By using an Overlay Unit..." Anub eat one of its Units. "Anu's OLUs: 2 - 1 = 1 "I can draw a card for every Hieratic monster I control." She drew two due to Anu and Atum. "Then If any of them are Hieratic monsters, I can Special Summon them!" she said, but didn't Summon anything.
"I then place three cards face-down and end my turn!" she place the cards into her Duel Disk, which showed three face-downs on her Field.
Kelly's Hand x 1
Turn 3
"Face it Yuto, you're not winning this Duel, so just surrender, and then you can come back with me to Xyz." Kelly suggested, "Wow, she never changes, does she..." Ronald asked rhetorically. Shun didn't say a thing, just watched the Duel.
"My turn! I draw!" Yuto drew his card, "I activate Silent Boots's effect from the Graveyard!" Yuto banished the card, "By banishing it, I can add A Phantom Knights Spell or Trap from my Deck to my Hand!" he added his choice. "At this moment, I activate the effect of The Phantom Knights of Dreaded Tunic from my Hand!" he revealed a card in his Hand.
"When a Phantom Knights monster is banished, I can Special Summon this card from my Hand!" A raggedy tunic, made out of brown leather appeared, riddled with holes, filling its hood was a spirit, a rusty scythe floated in front of the monster.
The Phantom Knights of Dreaded Tunic: Level: 2, Warrior, Effect, DARK, ATK/DEF: 600/200
"And now I activate the Spell, Shadow of the Phantom Knights!" the card appeared, showing a shadow of a Phantom Knight monster, appearing out of it was another Phantom Knights monster. "I target a The Phantom Knights monster I control, and then Special Summon from my Deck a Phantom Knights monster with the same Level! I Summon a second Dreaded Tunic!" A second Dreaded Tunic appeared by the other in Defense.
"That monster's effects are negated though..." he added, "But it won't make a difference, as I now use the two Level 2 Dreaded Tunics to build the Overlay Network!" the two Dreaded Tunics turned into purple energy, shot into the air, and down into the galaxy that formed before him.
"Piercing through ten thousands soldiers, the cursed spear of rebellion entombed in darkness!" he chanted as the monster took form, "Xyz Summon! Rank 2! The Phantom Knights of Cursed Javelin!" appearing from the portal was a warrior, for all purposes, was dead, hardly wearing armour around its legs, its chest armour was like a rib cage with markings on its, carried in its right arm was a spear fitted with three skull connected to the weapon by their jaws, the other hand carried a shield with a skull on its. Two purple Overlay Units orbited the monster.
The Phantom Knights of Cursed Javelin: DARK, Rank: 2 [Warrior/Xyz/Effect] ATK/1600 DEF/0, OLUs: 2
"What's that thing going to do?" Kelly mocked, "This! By using an Overlay Unit..." Yuto declared as Cursed Javelin absorbed one of its units into his spear. Cursed Javelin's OLUs: 2 - 1 = 1 "I can target a face-up monster you control, make its ATK become 0 and also negate its effects!" he explained.
"I choose-" he began, "Don't bother picking Anu, as its effect makes it so that as long as there is another Hieratic monster on the Field, it cannot be targeted for attacks or card effects!" Kelly explained smugly. "Then I shall pick Atum!" Curse Javelin's spear sparked with energy, which it then launched at Atum, who roared in pain, its strength being drained. Atum's ATK: 2400 = 0
"At this moment, the detached Dreaded Tunic's effect activates!" Yuto said, "When detached from a DARK Xyz Monster, I can target a banished Phantom Knights monster, and add it to my Hand!" he added the only banished card, Silent Boots.
"I switch Ancient Cloak into Attack!" Ancient Cloak lost its blue aura. "Then I activate its effect! I target Curse Javelin, switch Ancient Cloak back into Defence, and Cursed Javelin gains 800 ATK! Ancient Cloak once again gained a blue aura. Cursed Javelin's ATK: 1600 + 800 = 2400 "Since I control Phantom Knights monsters, I can Special Summon Silent Boots from my Hand!" Silent Boots appeared once more.
"I activate the Continious Trap, Castle of Dragon Souls!" Kelly yelled as her face-down flipped up. "Once per turn, I can banish from my Graveyard a Dragon-Type monster..." she banished a Normal Dragon-Type monster. "Then I target a monster I control, and it gains 700 ATK until the end of the turn!" she picked Atum. 0 + 700 = 700 (Atum)
This didn't deter Yuto though. "I now use the Level 3 Ancient Cloak and Silent Boots to build the Overlay Network!" the two were absorbed into the galaxy that formed at Yuto's feet. "Souls of the knights that fell on the battlefield. Revive here and now, and become the light that breaks the darkness!" he chanted.
"Xyz Summon! Rank 3! The Phantoms Knights of Break Sword!" galloping out of the galaxy was a armoured headless knight, with ghostly flames erupting out where the head and helmet would be atop of a kind of horse that was composed of stones, carried in the knights arm, slung over its should was a colossal sword, the end of which was broken.
The Phantom Knights of Break Sword: DARK, Rank: 3 [Warrior/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2000 DEF/1000, OLUs: 2
"I now activate Break Sword's effect! By using an Overlay Unit." Break Sword absorbed a unit into its sword. Break Sword's OLUs: 2 - 1 = 1 "I target 1 card I control, and 1 you control, and then destroy them!" he explained, "I destroy my face-down, and your Castle of Dragon Souls!" both mentioned cards were destroyed.
Yuto then looked over the Field, more specifically over Atum, to see anything happen, but it didn't. "Hold on... Why didn't Atum's ATK go back to 0 when Castle of Dragon Souls was destroyed?" Ronald asked, "Because you Neanderthal, "Kelly began, making Ronald glare at her, "Castle of Dragon Soul's effect last until the end of the turn, even if the card leaves the Field." she explained.
"But since that card was destroyed. Its secondary effect kicks in! I can target one of my banished Dragon-Types and Special Summon it!" a dark portal appeared, which then enlarged itself to make room for the monster it was bringing out.
"I Summon Hieratic Seal of the Sun Dragon Overlord!" the monster was a golden sphere, made up of many pieces, the crest resting at the middle of the sphere.
Hieratic Seal of the Sun Dragon Overlord: LIGHT, Level: 8 [Dragon/Normal] ATK/0 DEF/0
"Like that's going to stop me! Battle! Curse Javelin will attack Atum!" Cursed Javelin reared back it spear. "I now activate the Trap, Hieratic Seal of Banishment!" Kelly yelled, her other face-down flipped up.
"I tribute a Hieratic monster, then target 1 card you control, then banish it!" she tributed Hieratic Seal, and then banished Cursed Javelin, Yuto frowned at this. "Then Break Sword will attack Atum instead!" Break Sword made its stone horse charged at Atum, and then swiped at the moment with its broken sword, slashing the monster in two. Kelly's LP: 4000 - 1300 = 2700
Atum then exploded, the shock causing some of the metal threads of a cable to tear slightly. "Since a Hieratic monster was destroyed, Anu's effect activates! You must choose, either send the top card of your Deck to the Graveyard, or destroy a card you control!" she explained. Yuto sent the top card of his Deck to the Graveyard.
"I then end my turn with a face-down." Yuto placed a card face-down.
Yuto's Hand x 0
Turn 4
"At least Yuto took the lead..." Ronald muttered, again Shun didn't say a thing. "So you took the lead, like that means anything to me!" Kelly drew her card, "I know in the end of this Duel, is that I will come out victorious!" she declared.
"We'll just see about that, won't we?" Yuto retorted. "Oh we will, as I now have what I need to finish you off, once and for all!" she revealed one of her cards. "I activate the Spell, Hieratic Seal of Release!" the card appeared on the Field, showing an image of Hieratic Seal of the Sun Dragon Overlord, its piece coming undone, light pouring out of the new cracks.
"I target a Hieratic monster in my Graveyard, and Special Summon it!" She summoned back Hieratic Seal of the Sun Dragon Overlord from her Graveyard, "I activate Anu's effect!" Anu used it remaining Unit. 1 - 1 = 0 (Anu)
"I draw a card from every Hieratic monster I control," she drew two cards, "Then Special Summon any Hieratic monsters that were drawn my Hand! I Summon Hieratic Dragon of Sutekh!"
A dragon made out of yellow golden light appeared, adorned in the same armour as the others.
Hieratic Dragon of Sutekh: LIGHT, Level: 8[Dragon/Effect] ATK/2800 DEF/2000
"Any monster summoned this way cannot attack the turn it's summoned." she explained, "But it won't matter, as I now use the Level 8 Sutekh and Hieratic Seal to build the Overlay Network." the two were absorbed into the galaxy that appeared before Kelly.
"Dragon lord of the sun, descend from the stars and burn your enemies to ashes!" Within the thunderstorm in the galaxy, Hieratic Seal appeared, and its piece were unfolding, releasing the creature that lay within.
"Xyz Summon! Rank 8! Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis!" soaring out of the galaxy was a brilliant dragon, burning as bright as the sun itself, adorned in the same armour, but the light of the dragon, made the armour shine even more.
Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis: LIGHT, Rank: 8 [Dragon/Xyz/Effect] ATK/3000 DEF/2400, OLUs: 2
"That's Kelly's ace... meaning Yuto is in trouble now." Ronald said, looking to Yuto, "Don't worry, he'll be fine." Shun finally spoke.
Kelly smiled as her monster appeared, "Ready to give up Yuto? Do that, and you can still save face, as I'll show mercy and not tell anyone about your lost." Kelly asked her opponent. "Like that's anything to surrender to Kelly, you and I both know that we've faced tougher monsters than that." Yuto said.
"True, but those scum are just soldiers, they don't know how to use those monsters properly, were as I do!" she retorted, "I activate Heliopolis's effect!" One of Heliopolis's units was crunched in the dragon's mouth. Heliopolis's OLUs: 2 - 1 = 1
"I tribute any number of monsters from my Hand or Field, and then destroy cards on the Field equal to the number of tributed monsters!" she tributed a monster that weren't Hieratic monsters from her Hand. "I'll destroy Break Sword!" Heliopolis's body grew even brighter. A miniature sun appeared over its head.
"I activate the Continuous Trap, Phantom Knights' Sword!" Yuto face-down flipped up. "I target a face-up monster on the Field, and it gains 800 ATK!" Break Sword's... sword became complete. Break Sword's ATK: 2000 + 800 = 2800.
"Not only that, but should that monster be destroyed by battle or card effect, this card is destroyed instead!" Heliopolis launched this mini sun at Break Sword, who swung at the miniature star, sending it flying to the side, shaking the building somewhat, the cables above gaining more strain at the lost of some of the threads. The sword then broke, returning to normal. 2800 = 2000 (Break Sword)
"I'll end this right now! Battle! Heliopolis attacks Break Sword! Heliopolis, charged a ball of condense solar energy in its mouth. "I then banish 2 Hieratic monsters from my Graveyard," she banished Atum and the detached Asar from Anu. "To activate the Quick-Play Spell, Hieratic Seal of Strength!" Kelly's final card appeared from her Hand.
"When this card is activated, the battle damage you take involving my Hieratic monster and your monsters is doubled!" at this, Shun's eyes widened in shock. Heliopolis, finished charging its attack, and fired, destroying Break Sword in an explosion that sent Yuto backwards. Yuto's LP: 4000 - 2000 = 2000 "Yuto!" Shun yelled to him.
"I'm f-fine..." Yuto coughed out, getting back to his feet. "You won't be in a second!" Kelly shouted, "I activate Break Sword's effect! When that Xyz Summoned card is destroyed, I can target 2 Phantom Knights monsters with the same Level and Special Summon them!" He summoned Ancient and Silent Boots, both in Defense.
"Their Levels are then increased by 1!" he added, Ancient Cloak's Level: 3 + 1 = 4 Silent Boots's Level: 3 + 1 = 4
"That won't stop me! I activate the Continuous Trap, Final Attack Orders!" Kelly yelled, her final face-down flipped up. "All face-up monsters on the Field are switched into Attack Position!" Yuto became shocked as Ancient Cloak and Silent Boots were forced into Attack.
"Anu! Attack Silent Boots!" Anu began to charge its own attack, "New Dawn Burst!" Kelly yelled as Anu finished charging and fired a powerful star beam at Silent Boots, the light of the attack shining over Yuto, who began to-
*BOOOOOOOOOM!* A small dust cloud enveloped Yuto and his monsters, his fate unknown.
"YUTO!" Ronald yelled jumping of the crate, going to aid his comrade, but Shun stopped him, "What are you-" he went to say, but Shun's neutral stare stopped him immediately.
Meanwhile Kelly was smiling, satisfied with her victory. "Just as I expected from you Yuto, you had no chance of beating me, especially with those weak monsters!" she gloated, "Now that the Duel is over, let's go back to-" she began, but noticed something as the dust cloud began to settle.
When it was over, only a small patch of dust was still lingering, but Yuto was revealed, still standing, covered with scuffs and scratches, but none the less, he was fine. 2000 - 1800 = 200 (Yuto) "WHAT!? HOW!?" She suddenly screamed out in shock, "You must have cheated! You had no cards in your Hand or Field!" she accused, anger filling her veins.
"You're right about that." the small dust cloud slowly unveiled- "But this card was from my Graveyard! I activated the Trap, Phantom Knights' Retribution!" the card was shown on the Field, glowing.
"I activated this card when you attacked Silent Boots..." he said...
Just before Anu's attack came close, Yuto activated the Trap, which increased Silent Boots's ATK by Cursed Javelin's ATK. 200 + 1600 = 1800 (Silent Boots)
"Depending on where the card was when the card is activated, one of two effects are used." he began as she scowled, "Since it was from the Graveyard, I returned Cursed Javelin to my Deck, and increased Silent Boots's ATK by its ATK!" he finished, making her look down, her eyes shadowed by her hair, having just realised something.
"You... You sent that card to the Graveyard with Break Sword's effect, didn't you!?" she spat out silently. "Correct, and since its effect is over, Retribution banishes itself." Retribution's card on the Field banished itself.
"Now end your turn. You can't do anything else!" Yuto asked.
Suddenly, she looked up, and she looked pissed off, "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO YOU COWARD!" She screamed out, "Only a coward like you would save themselves like that, even when they know they have no hope of winning!" she spat. "I end my turn! Take your final turn bastard!" she dared him, her Dragons roaring in result of its master aggression.
Kelly's Hand x 0
Turn 5
Yuto calmly placed his fingers at the top of his deck, about to draw. "My turn!" he yelled, she scowled at his action, "Why do you bother carrying on with the Duel? You only have 200 LP left, meanwhile I still got most of mine, you have one weak monster, compared to my dragons!" her dragons roared at being mentioned. "So just face it. You can not beat me!" she said, smirking, but still somewhat annoyed.
he sighed, and then peeled off his mask, "Have you forgotten Kelly..." he began, making her raise an eyebrow, "What are you on about? What have I forgotten?" she asked annoyed. "Since the start of this god damn war, we the Resistance have always been at a disadvantage against Academia, but we never surrendered, did we not?" he asked her.
"No, we didn't..." she said slowly, her anger slowly fading. "And do you know why?" he asked, she did know, but she wouldn't say. "Its because we have hope, hope that someday, somehow, this war will end, and we can go back to our old life's. That's what keeps us going!" he said
"So no matter what happens, no matter the odds, and no matter how dire we find ourselves in, we will never give up!" he yelled out,
"I DRAW!" Yuto roared as he drew his card, flipped his over, and saw what it was. "Perfect!" he thought.
"I activate Shadow of the Phantom Knights's effect from the Graveyard! By banishing this card, I can Special Summon a Phantom Knight monster from my Graveyard!" Shadow was banished, and Break Sword appeared next to Ancient Cloak. "And from my Hand I activate the Spell, The Phantom Knights' Possession!" the card appeared.
"I target an Xyz Monster I control, and its treated as having a Level equal to the Level of a monster I control!" he explained, "I select Break Sword to gain the Level of Ancient Cloak!" the two monsters glowed.
Break Sword's Rank to Level: 3 = 4
"Two Level 4 monsters..." Ronald muttered, "Now I use the Level 4 Ancient Cloak and Level 4 Break Sword to build the Overlay Network!" Yuto yelled out, the two monster then turned into energy, shot into the air, and then down into the galaxy that formed, causing a ray of light to erupt out.
"Formed from pitch-darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs, now descend!" the monster within flicked its tail, its wrists and roared. "Xyz Summon! Rank 4, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" soaring out with a mighty roar was Dark Rebellion, doing a twirl before facing Kelly.
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: DARK, Rank: 4 [Dragon/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/2000, OLUs: 2
"You have a Dragon!?" Kelly yelled, not expecting that at all, meanwhile Ronald looked at the Xyz Dragon, "Is that the Dragon, Azara and the others were on about?" he thought.
Dark Rebellion looked at their opponent and growled, "Oh great, not this girl, I thought we were spared of her antics back in Heartland." he said, no one hearing him though.
"Its time to end this!" Yuto yelled, "I activate Dark Rebellion's effect! By using an Overlay Unit," Dark Rebellion snapped at one of its units, Dark Rebellion's OLUs: 2 - 1 = 1 "I can target a Level 5 or higher monster, and cut its ATK in half!" he said, confusing her at first, but then smirked.
"I don't control a monster with a Level, all my Dragons are Xyz Monsters, who have Ranks." she said calmly, no longer worried, at this, Yuto smiled, "Did I forget to mention that this effect also applies to Rank 5 or higher monsters?" he added, and this time she was shocked. "I select Heliopolis! Treason Discharge!" Dark Rebellion's wing extended slightly, discharging purple electricity, which shot out, and chained up Heliopolis.
Heliopolis's ATK: 3000 = 1500, "And then Dark Rebellions gains that lost ATK!" Dark Rebellion's ATK: 2500 + 1500 = 4000 "An effect that requires Level 5 monsters, just like Odd-Eyes..." Ronald thought, now noticing similarities between the two dragons. "S-So you halved Helopolis's ATK, s-so what? Whichever dragon you attack, I'll still survive this turn." Kelly stuttered out, somewhat confident.
"Wrong! Dark Rebellion's effect can be used twice per turn!" Yuto shouted, again, shocking her further. "Once again! Treason Discharge!" 1 - 1 = 0 (Dark Rebellion) Another ring of energy ensnared Heliopolis. 1500 = 750 (Heliopolis) "Are you kidding me!?" she screamed out, taking a step back. "Once again, Dark Rebellion gains that lost ATK!" 4000 + 750 = 4750 (Dark Rebellion)
"Battle! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, attack Heliopolis!" Dark Rebellion's wing gave off propulsion, sending the Dragon forward at its target at fast pace, his chin spike sparking with energy. "Lightning Disobey!" Dark Rebellion stab Heliopolis right in the stomach, causing the monster to screech in pain before its destruction in an explosion.
The force of this explosion knocked Kelly of her feet, and tumbling a few feet, it also shook the building, a cable above losing more tension. 2700 - 4000 = 0 (Kelly)
Kelly: LOSE
Yuto: WINS
With the Duel over, Dark Rebellion disappeared, back into Yuto's Deck, as did the other cards on the Field, meanwhile Kelly was slowly getting up, "Alright, you won, you happy now!?" she spat out, frustrated at her lost. "Just go ahead and gloat already..." she muttered.
"I'm not going to-" Yuto stopped, listening carefully, he glanced up just in time to see the cable holding some crates snap, its cargo started to fall. "Fine, since I lost, I'll-" a groaning noise caught her attention, alerting them all, even Kelly stopped, as she too looked up, to see the cargo falling, she could do nothing, her legs having frozen up.
"Look out!" Yuto yelled, spring at her, and knocking the two out of the way of the falling debris, which kicked up a dust storm as it crashed, breaking the concrete below.
"Yuto!" Shun yelled, rushing over, as did Ronald, the two found them completely fine, with Yuto loaming over Kelly, who was still in shock. "Are you alright?" Yuto asked her, "You... you saved me?" she got out eventually. Yuto slowly stood up. "Why?" she asked, as Yuto stood up, and held out a hand for her. "Even though we may not see eye to eye, we're still comrades, we need to look out for one another." he said.
At this, Kelly felt something stir within herself, but she couldn't put her finger on it, she knew something wasn't right, as normally she would get up by herself, refusing anyone's help, but she allowed Yuto to help her up.
She then quickly dusted herself off, "Thank you..." she said giving him a small smile, which he returned.
"Right, hate to break up this little moment!" Ronald butted in, making the two look to him, Kelly once again frowning. "But it about time for you to leave!" he said to her, confusing her.
"And why would I leave?" she asked annoyed, "Because you said you would leave! That was the deal, if you won, you would go back to Heartland with Yuto, if not, then we get to stay!" he said.
Kelly however, smiled at this, "My, you sure are a silly boy, aren't you?" she asked condescendingly, making him growl at her, "If you'd listen properly, you would know that the deal was that I wouldn't drag you back to Heartland, Yuto never stated that I had to leave, didn't you Yuto?" she asked him, making him sweat, as he felt the eyes of Shun and Ronald glare at him slightly.
"Yes..." he slowly said, "Right so its official, I'm staying!" she then turned around and walked off, "And because of that, you get the experience of my assistance, you boys have been doing mediocre work so far, but with me around, it should be better now!" she mocked, "Fill me in on the details Yuto later, okay? I need to get some rest, we've got a big day ahead of us tomorrow!" she said, and that was the last thing from her for the day.
"Way to go Yuto, now we're stuck with her..." Ronald muttered, walking past him, "And here I thought I was rid of her for a while..." he muttered as he walked to his sleeping corner.
This left Yuto and Shun alone, "So... That was interesting..." Shun said, "Yeah, I've never seen Kelly nice to a boy before, I wonder what happened?" Yuto asked out loud, causing his friend to give him a look. "Seriously?" he asked, "What?" Yuto asked, confused by his behaviour. "Wow, Yuto, you're great and all on the battlefield, but clueless about other things..." Shun said and then walked off like the other two, leaving Yuto to himself.
"What does that mean?" he asked, not getting an answer, Dark Rebellion's soul manifested, giving his master/friend a slow shake of his head solemnly...
(22:34 PM)
Down at the Harbour, a new shipment had just come in... But not for the right people, as the dock worker had been captured and rendered unconscious, by a couple of real monsters, covered with black slime. As they stood guard, the local gang walked about, now examining their new loot. "Look at all this merch!" one of them said, holding up some high tech equipment. Others following his lead.
The Big man of the group made his way... Before stepping aside to reveal the new head honcho, "Well... Well... Well, looks like that fancy Duel Disk of yours came in handy boss!" the man, called Adam said to the new boss, who happened to be Janus, his Duel Disk active as he limped forward. "Thanks for the compliments Adam, but enough talk, let's get to work!" Janus then placed a couple more monster cards on his Blade, which manifested in real life, still somewhat shocking his new gang.
"Carry all that I say that looks expensive!" he ordered, "Even if we can't sell it on the black market, these companies will surely pay us to get their stuff back!" he added, just so they knew the plan. "Got it boss!" the shouted, and began roaming about the Docks, in search of good loot.
As he watched, he began to think back on his Duel with Adam, while at first, it had gone his way, Adam had made several attempts at making a comeback, these were all before he brought out Pestilence Dragon though. All in all, the duel was fairly close, Duelist from Standard weren't weak it seemed.
A couple minutes later, his gang were carrying their new cargo onto the gang's transportation, a semi-truck. "Hey boss!" Janus stopped monitoring the loading up as a member, carrying a longish crate walked up t him. "What's in this one?" Janus asked, limping over to inspect the crate. The logo BioniCorp on the top of the crate..
"Well, I figured, that with that busted leg of yours..." the member began as Janus frowned at the mention of that, "That this..." they reached into the crate, "Would be of good use for you!" And brought out a bionic leg brace.
It was about the size of Janus's actual leg, four lock up straps ran across the main beam of the joints that were connected by the motors at the knee area, and there was padding to support it. "What do you think?" they asked as Janus limped over and inspected the brace. They then brought another piece from the crate, a ring that looked to be fitted around ones head.
"This head piece has neuro receptors, connected to the brace to make move in time to your thoughts, basically making you walk normally, pretty cool huh?" they said, as Janus looked over it before smiling, "Good finds here bud, this will do nicely..." Janus grinned behind his mask. He slipped the head piece on, activating it, the brace began to come to life, moving to the thoughts of Janus. the gang was in awe with the device.
As this was happening, one of the CCTV cameras turned to focused on them, and then zoomed in, more specifically on Janus's Duel Disk...
Still up at this time, was Reiji, at his desk, watching surveillance footage of what was happening at the docks, since the reports of the Duelist seem to be coming from the warehouse district, he figured he would use the CCTV to catch a glimpse of anything out of the ordinary occurring there, and he was right.
As he watched a group of thugs crowd around a crate, he stopped the footage, and zoomed in on one of the thugs arms, which had an strange looking Duel Disk on its, its blade activate and with monster cards on its.
He then quickly rewinded the footage to when the workers were attacked by live monsters.
"Well isn't that intriguing..." he thought, "It would appear there is more than one of them, but to whom is this one aligned with..." he questioned, "Looks like I could do with Apollo more so than what I thought." he said out loud.
He then stood up, turned off his computer and walked out the door, "I think its time that I get reacquainted with the Collector." he said, and then shut the door to his office...
End of Chapter 23
There we go, Kelly Kage's duelling debut!
As for the Leg Brace for Janus, I added that in, seeing that this Series focuses around using Action Cards, which you have to physically gain by exploring the Field, Janus would be at a slight disadvantage against anyone else. If it was a regular Duel, then it wouldn't matter. Plus he would be dragging anyone with him down later on in the story...
OC Cards
(Kelly) (by Rayisoar)
Hieratic Seal of Release
Normal Spell
Target 1 "Hieratic" monster in your Hand or GY: Special Summon it, but it ATK and DEF become 0, its effects negated and is destroyed at the end of the turn. If that monster is tributed: Banish this card, then draw 1 card.
Hieratic Seal of Strength
Quick-Play Spell
Activate this card by banishing 2 "Hieratic" monster from your GY. For the rest of the turn this card was activated: any battle damage dealt to your opponent involving their monsters and "Hieratic" monster you control is doubled, but they cannot attack your opponent directly.
Hieratic Dragon King of Anu
LIGHT, Rank: 7 [Dragon/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2700 DEF/2100
2 Level 7 Dragon-Type monsters (at least 1 "Hieratic" monster)
This card cannot be targeted for attacks or card effects while you control another "Hieratic" monster. Should another "Hieratic" monster be destroyed by battle or card effect: Your opponent can send the top card of their Deck to the GY, if not, they destroy 1 card they control. You can only use this effect once per turn. Once per turn, detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, draw 1 card for every "Hieratic" monster you control, then Special Summon any "Hieratic" monsters that you draw, but they cannot attack the turn they are summoned this way. Once per turn, you can banish 1 Dragon-Type monster in your Graveyard: Add 1 Dragon-Type Normal Monster from your Deck or GY to your Hand.
(Yuto)
The Phantom Knight of Dreaded Tunic
DARK, Level: 2 [Warrior/Effect]ATK/600 DEF/200
If a "The Phantom Knights" monster is banished: You can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only Special Summon "The Phantom Knights of dreaded Tunic" once per turn this way. If this card is detached from an DARK Xyz Monster and sent to the GY, activate this effect: Target 1 of your banished "The Phantom Knights" monsters; add it to your Hand. You can only activate this effect once per turn.
Shadow of the Phantom Knights
Normal Spell
Target 1 "The Phantom Knights" monster you control, Special Summon from your Deck, a "The Phantom Knights" monster with the same Level as the target, that monster's effects are negated, also that monster can only be used to Xyz Summon a DARK Xyz Monster. You can banish this card from your GY: Special Summon from your GY a "The Phantom Knights" monster.
Phantom Knights' Retribution
Normal Trap
When a "The Phantom Knights" monster is attacked: Activate this card's following effect, depending on where this card is when activated: Set: That monster cannot be destroyed, also you take half the battle damage. GY: Target 1 of your "The Phantom Knights" monsters, that is in your GY or banished; return it to your Deck, and if you do, that attacked monster gains ATK equal to the returned monster's ATK until the end of the turn. Banish this card after it is activated.